Weighing-faucet



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS JEFFERSON BLACK, OF PATOKA, ILLINOIS.

WElGHlNG-EAUCET.

/ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,273, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed January 24, 1857. Serial No. 225,311. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS JEFFERSON BLACK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Patoka, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sirup-Gages; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description .of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a sirup or molasses barrel provided with myimproved gage, showing the trip set, and showing the weight and the weight supporting plate in dotted lines within their casing.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the weight tripped,'cl0sing the gate, and showing the same parts in dotted lines as in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line w :20 of Fig. 1, showing part of the device in side elevation.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to gages for measuring or weighing sirups or similar fluids; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a device, in which a gate or spigot may be closed by the dropping of a weight tripped by the scale upon which the vessel receiving the fluid is weighed, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the barrel containing the sirup, molasses, or other fluid, and 2 is the spigot or tap of the said barrel, which spigot or tap is provided with a gate or cut-off, 3, of any desired construction, the gate shown in the drawings cutting off the flow of fluid by being drawn downward, having an arm, 4, projecting outward and sliding within a guide-bail, 5.

A scale, 6, is secured under the spigot or tap of the barrel, having the supporting-platform 7 immediately below the same, and having the platform 8, upon which the weights are supported, projecting to one side; and an upright, 9, is placed in front of the barrel to one side of the spigot or tap, and has a longitudinal slot, 10, in which the shouldered and screwthreaded shank ll of a forked frame,12, may slide adj ustably, the said screw-threaded shank having a thumb -nut, 13, which may bear against the rear side of the upright, binding the arm at any desired place of the slot.

A sheave, 14, is pivoted in the forked end of the frame, revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the axis of the barrel, and a sheave, 15, is pivoted upon the upper end of the upright, revolving in a vertical plane at right angles to the plane of the lower sheave.

A hollow upright casing, 16, is placed to the side of the upright, at a distance from the same, and has a sheave, 17, pivoted in its upper end, and a weight, 18, slides within this casing and is secured to the lower end of a cord or chain, 19, passing over the pulley or sheave at the upper end of the casing and over the pulley or sheave at the upper end of the upright and under the adjustable sheave, having its other end secured to the arm of the sirup-gate.

A shaft, 20, is pivoted transversely in the casing, and has a plate, 21, secured to it, upon which the weight may be supported; and an arm, 22, projects from the forward end of this shaft at a right angle to the plate, and has a sharpened lower end, which may engage a notch, 23, in the short arm of a lever, 24, pivoted upon'the lower end of the casingand having its other end resting upon the weightsupporting platform of the scale.

It will now be seen that the weight bearing upon the plate of the shaft in the casing will have a tendency to force the plate down in a vertical plane, tilting the arm outward, and that when the weight is raised and simply rests upon the plate the lower end of the arm may be engaged by the notch of the lever, the said notched trip-lever holding the trip-arm and plate in position to support the weight.

The weight may be raised by raising the sirup-gate, and the weight of the trip-arm will cause it to engage the notch in the lever automatically; and when now the sirup or fluid is filled from the spigot into the vessel for its reception, which is supported upon the platform of the scale, the said fluid will at last overcome the counter-weights upon the other platarm, thus allowing the plate to fall and the weight to drop within the casing, the said weight drawing the cord and closing the sirupgate, cutting off the flow into the receivingvessel when the desired weight of fluid has been filled into the said vessel.

It will be seen that the same mechanism may be attached to any spigot or faucet, the cord turning the plug of the spigot or faucet when the weight is dropped; and it will also be seen that it is impossible to fill more than the desired quantity of fluid into the receiving-vcssel, as the gate will be closed when the said quantity of fluid is filled into it.

Having thus described my invention,I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In combination with the spigot or faucet of a barrel or cask, a scale having one platform below the said spigot, a cord attached to the spigot and having a weight at its other end, a rocking shaft having a plate for sup porting the Weight and having an arm at right angles to the plate, and a lever having a notched arm for engaging the arm of the rocking shaft and having the other arm resting upon the weight-receiving arm of the scale, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In combination with a sirup-gage, ascale having the vessel-receiving platform below the spigot or gate, an upright at the side of the gate having a longitudinal slot, a frame having a threaded shank sliding adj ustably by a nut in the slot and having a sheave, a sheave pivoted at the upper end of the upright, a casing having a sheave at its upper end, a rocking arm journaled transversely in the casing and having a plate within the casing and an arm at its forward end at a right angle to the plate, a weight within the casing having a cord pass ing over the upper sheaves and under the sheave in the adjustable frame and secured to the free end of the sirup-gate, and a trip-lever pivoted at the lower end of the casing and having a notch in one arm engaging the triparm and having the other arm resting upon the weight-receiving arm or platform of the scale, as and for the purpose shown and set forth. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS JEFFERSON BLACK.

Witnesses:

JoHN FoRNnY DRAIER, JOHN L. DORNS. 

